Chapter Summaries

Ye Xuan reached the Quasi-Saint level in both physical strength and cultivation while training in the Heavenly Pool. He discovered spiritual crystals at the pool’s bottom, collected more than a thousand along with spiritual water, and left with materials to make a miniature Heavenly Pool.

• The Queen Mother of the West watched Ye Xuan temper his body with the Heavenly Pool’s spiritual Qi and left when she saw how much of the pool he was consuming.
• Ye Xuan compressed the powers of yin and yang in his Purple Mansion and dantian until they transformed from gas into liquid, bringing his magic power and cultivation to the Quasi-Saint level.
• Ye Xuan sensed unusually dense spiritual Qi at the bottom of the Heavenly Pool and plunged down to investigate.
• Ye Xuan discovered translucent crystals that released spiritual Qi and realized they had likely formed from the pool’s essence over countless years.
• Ye Xuan collected more than a thousand of the large crystals and a vast quantity of spiritual water, then rose from the Heavenly Pool.

After reaching the Quasi-Saint realm and taking Heavenly Pool crystals, Ye Xuan was confronted by the Queen Mother of the West, who deduced that he was Human Emperor Di Xin. He revealed his face, met Bai Ze, and learned that Bai Ze also knew his identity.

• Ye Xuan thanked the Queen Mother of the West for his cultivation opportunity and said he would repay his debt, while she accused him of taking too much from the Heavenly Pool.
• The Queen Mother of the West connected Ye Xuan to the East Sea Dragon King's submission, the Ancestral Dragon's blood, and events in the west, then identified him as Human Emperor Di Xin.
• Ye Xuan removed the Prajna Asura Tribulation, and the Queen Mother of the West was struck by his appearance and privately wondered whether Nuwa had fallen for him.
• Ye Xuan asked to meet Bai Ze, and the Queen Mother of the West summoned the divine beast.
• Bai Ze appeared as a little girl, greeted Ye Xuan as the Human Emperor, and claimed she had learned his identity from the Queen Mother of the West.

Ye Xuan learned that Yuanfeng’s corpse disappeared with Kong Xuan and set off to find him in the Southern Barbarian Lands. After he left Kunlun, Nuwa told the resentful Queen Mother of the West to prepare to enter the world, as Ye Xuan’s search for powerful beings’ corpses showed that events were beginning to unfold.

• Bai Ze explained that Yuanfeng died protecting Kong Xuan at Fallen Phoenix Slope and that her corpse disappeared with him.
• Bai Ze told Ye Xuan to search for Kong Xuan near a miraculous parasol tree in the Southern Barbarian Lands.
• Ye Xuan thanked Bai Ze and the Queen Mother of the West, then left Kunlun with the Prajna Asura Tribulation.
• The Queen Mother of the West complained to Nuwa that Ye Xuan had taken nearly half the crystals from the Heavenly Pool.
• Nuwa revealed that she had hidden Ye Xuan’s breakthrough from the Heavenly Dao and urged the Queen Mother of the West to prepare to enter the world with her.

Ye Xuan searched the southern lands for Kong Xuan and found him at the Divine Parasol Tree in a vast evil mountain. After Kong Xuan greeted him, Ye Xuan questioned why he dressed like a woman, leaving Kong Xuan bewildered.

• Ye Xuan traveled south in search of Kong Xuan, following Bai Ze's directions toward Yuqing Mountain.
• Ye Xuan pushed through fierce astral winds and discovered a vast mountain range centered around the Divine Parasol Tree.
• Kong Xuan attacked Ye Xuan, but Ye Xuan blocked his strike and recognized him.
• Kong Xuan apologized for attacking Ye Xuan, who rejoiced at finding him again.
• Ye Xuan asked Kong Xuan why he dressed as a woman despite being a man, and Kong Xuan reacted with confusion.

Ye Xuan tried to persuade Kong Xuan to leave seclusion and protect Chaoge, but Kong Xuan feared opposing the Saints and Heavenly Dao. After Ye Xuan challenged him by invoking his mother’s death, Kong Xuan attacked, and the two Quasi-Saints began a fierce battle in the sky.

• Kong Xuan changed into a man, welcomed Ye Xuan into his cave abode, and asked why he had come.
• Ye Xuan said the Human Emperor had sent him to invite Kong Xuan out of seclusion and offered him authority to agree to Kong Xuan’s requests.
• Kong Xuan refused, citing the coming Investiture of the Gods tribulation and his fear that the Heavenly Dao opposed the Human Emperor.
• Ye Xuan declared that they would support the Human Emperor even against Heaven, then taunted Kong Xuan about failing to save his mother.
• Kong Xuan flew into a rage and attacked Ye Xuan, discovering in their first clash that Ye Xuan was a Quasi-Saint.
• Ye Xuan drew the Human Emperor Supreme Sword, and he and Kong Xuan fought high above the earth with devastating power.

Ye Xuan tested Kong Xuan’s Five-Colored Divine Light, then tried to persuade him to join Yin Shang and face his karma. Kong Xuan explained that revealing himself could endanger his clansmen, and Ye Xuan asked to meet them.

• Ye Xuan and Kong Xuan exchanged hundreds of blows, and Kong Xuan unleashed the Five-Colored Divine Light to suppress him.
• Ye Xuan let the divine light pin him down to test its power, then realized its force could not overcome his yin-and-yang energy.
• Kong Xuan saw through Ye Xuan’s act, and Ye Xuan broke free, shared Kong Xuan’s wine, and praised its taste.
• Ye Xuan urged Kong Xuan to go to Chaoge and cultivate under Yin Shang’s fortune, but Kong Xuan said his appearance in the Primordial World could expose his clansmen to danger.
• Ye Xuan suspected Kong Xuan’s clansmen were members of the Phoenix Clan and asked to meet them.

Kong Xuan showed Ye Xuan the hidden world inside the Divine Parasol Tree, where more than forty thousand surviving members of the Phoenix Clan lived. Ye Xuan urged Kong Xuan to ally with the Human Emperor and lead the clan into the coming Investiture of the Gods tribulation instead of keeping them confined and vulnerable.

• Kong Xuan led Ye Xuan through a vortex into a beautiful, treasure-filled world teeming with phoenixes.
• Kong Xuan explained how the Phoenix Clan had dwindled after Yuanfeng's death and how he had gathered more than forty thousand survivors to protect them.
• Ye Xuan realized the hidden world lay inside the Divine Parasol Tree and that Kong Xuan guarded it to keep the Phoenix Clan safe.
• Ye Xuan warned that the Investiture of the Gods tribulation would involve Kong Xuan and that the hidden refuge could eventually be discovered.
• Ye Xuan urged Kong Xuan to ally with the Human Emperor and fight for the Phoenix Clan's revival, arguing that their refuge had become a cage.

Ye Xuan persuaded Kong Xuan to bring the Phoenix Clan into the Human Emperor’s cause, though Kong Xuan wanted the alliance kept secret. Ye Xuan then hinted that Yuanfeng might return, shocking Kong Xuan.

• Ye Xuan argued that the Phoenix Clan would be safer joining the Human Emperor than remaining hidden in the Divine Parasol Tree.
• Kong Xuan considered the risks and benefits, then agreed to venture into the world and support the Human Emperor.
• Kong Xuan said the Phoenix Clan should keep its allegiance secret until a critical moment, and Ye Xuan agreed.
• Ye Xuan asked Kong Xuan whether he wanted to see Yuanfeng return, and Kong Xuan reacted with shock and killing intent.

Ye Xuan revealed the Ancestral Dragon sealed inside a mystic coffin, convincing Kong Xuan that the Human Emperor had secretly taken control of the ancient ancestor. Kong Xuan suspected Ye Xuan had come to target his mother, Yuanfeng.

• Kong Xuan became murderous when Ye Xuan brought up his mother, but Ye Xuan asked him to look at something before deciding what to do.
• Ye Xuan used his strange black-and-white powers and a purple-gold bell to summon a huge coffin from beneath the Divine Parasol Tree's inner world.
• Kong Xuan recognized the coffin's inscriptions as “Ancestral Dragon” and recalled the Human Emperor's role in the Ancestral Dragon's emergence from Great Mount Sumeru.
• The coffin opened to reveal the Ancestral Dragon, whose killing intent overwhelmed nearby creatures, before the lid shut and the coffin vanished.
• Kong Xuan concluded the Human Emperor had the Ancestral Dragon in his hands and asked Ye Xuan whether he had come for Yuanfeng.

Ye Xuan persuaded Kong Xuan that the Human Emperor could temporarily restore Yuanfeng’s consciousness, and Kong Xuan took him to see her body. There, Kong Xuan explained how Yuanshi Tianzun had trapped Yuanfeng in the Glazed Lamp’s flame, and asked Ye Xuan to save what remained of her.

• Ye Xuan told Kong Xuan that the Human Emperor could temporarily restore Yuanfeng’s consciousness and planned to bring back other powerful beings as well.
• Kong Xuan, moved by the possibility of seeing his mother conscious again, asked Ye Xuan to come and try to help her.
• Kong Xuan led Ye Xuan through the Phoenix Clan’s realm and layers of restrictions to a desolate area filled with death Qi.
• Ye Xuan saw Yuanfeng’s badly consumed body trapped inside the Glazed Lamp’s fierce flame.
• Kong Xuan explained that Yuanshi Tianzun had planted the Glazed Lamp in Yuanfeng to exploit her flesh and Nirvana True Fire, and that he had spent ages suppressing its flames.
• Kong Xuan pleaded with Ye Xuan to preserve what remained of Yuanfeng’s body, saying he would let the entire Phoenix Clan enter the calamity in return.

Ye Xuan used his yin-yang powers and purple-gold bell to free Yuanfeng from the Glazed Lamp, which had been made from her corpse. Yuanfeng’s Nirvana True Fire then erupted and began restoring her, and the chapter ended with a new living being appearing after the flames exploded.

• Kong Xuan told Ye Xuan that the Glazed Lamp was the heaven lamp among the Six Paths Treasure Lamps and that Yuanshi had refined it using Yuanfeng’s corpse.
• Ye Xuan rang his purple-gold bell, chanted, and pressed a yin-yang totem into the void to try to raise Yuanfeng.
• Yuanfeng’s body trembled, black and white Qi emerged from her eyes, and the Glazed Fire went out as the Glazed Lamp fell away.
• Kong Xuan saw Yuanfeng’s burned, incomplete body and called out to his mother as tears filled his eyes.
• Nirvana True Fire ignited around Yuanfeng and expanded into a vast blaze that spread across the small world.
• The enormous fireball exploded, and an incomparable living being appeared in the air.

Ye Xuan used the Chaos Creation Brush and Tongtian Talisman to awaken Yuanfeng’s remains and bring her under his command. After Kong Xuan thanked him and agreed to let him take his mother’s remains to Chaoge, Ye Xuan sealed Yuanfeng in a coffin and prepared to return to the Human Emperor.

• Yuanfeng’s corpse appeared in the sky in the form of a colossal flaming bird, and Kong Xuan recognized his mother.
• Ye Xuan drew a Tongtian Talisman with the Chaos Creation Brush and placed it on Yuanfeng, successfully awakening her and binding her to his commands.
• Yuanfeng took on a woman’s form, and Kong Xuan broke down at seeing his mother’s true appearance again.
• Ye Xuan told Kong Xuan that he had to take Yuanfeng’s remains to Chaoge so the Human Emperor could restore the consciousnesses of the experts to their original bodies.
• Kong Xuan accepted Ye Xuan’s purpose and asked him and the Human Emperor to treat Yuanfeng well.
• Ye Xuan summoned a coffin marked Yuanfeng, placed her inside, and watched it vanish as a thunderous roar sounded in his ears.

Ye Xuan received the mission to find Primordial Qilin and learned that Qilin Cliff lay atop East Kunlun, where Yuanshi Tianzun's Jade Void Palace stood. Kong Xuan revealed the location, leaving Ye Xuan to face a difficult search near Yuanshi Tianzun's domain.

• Ye Xuan received the rewards for completing the Yuanfeng mission and a new mission to obtain Primordial Qilin's corpse, essence blood, and Qilin Auspicious Art.
• Yuqing Yuanshi Tianzun sensed the Glazed Lamp again and realized its fire had gone out, leaving him furious over losing the lamp and his connection to it.
• Ye Xuan asked Kong Xuan for Qilin Cliff's location and confirmed that Primordial Qilin was his next target.
• Kong Xuan explained that Buzhou Mountain had been renamed Kunlun after Gonggong shattered it, leaving East and West Kunlun as the two parts of the mountain.
• Kong Xuan told Ye Xuan that Qilin Cliff stood atop East Kunlun, beside Yuanshi Tianzun's Jade Void Palace.

Ye Xuan learned that Primordial Qilin’s task required him to reach Qilin Cliff in East Kunlun, where Yuanshi Tianzun could easily capture him. Kong Xuan revealed that the Five-Virtue Qilin, known as Nine Unlikenesses and also called Diting, might help Ye Xuan gain enough providence to approach the cliff safely, and Ye Xuan asked Kong Xuan to guide him to the Endless Blood Sea.

• Ye Xuan feared that going to Qilin Cliff in East Kunlun would put him at Yuanshi Tianzun’s mercy.
• Kong Xuan told Ye Xuan about the Five-Virtue Qilin, who secretly gathered the scattered Qilin Clan and possessed the Qilin Auspicious Art.
• Kong Xuan explained that the qilin’s auspicious blessings might let Ye Xuan approach Qilin Cliff without being noticed.
• Kong Xuan said the qilin went by the name Nine Unlikenesses and had last been seen near the Endless Blood Sea.
• Ye Xuan recognized Nine Unlikenesses as Diting and asked Kong Xuan to accompany him to find the qilin.

Ye Xuan and Kong Xuan searched underground for the Netherworld Blood Sea, hoping to persuade Ancestor Minghe to join the tribulation preparations. They reached the Blood Sea, where Ancestor Minghe emerged to confront them.

• Kong Xuan agreed to help Ye Xuan and summoned Colorful Phoenix to arrange matters for the Phoenix Clan.
• Ye Xuan and Kong Xuan traveled to the Endless Minghe and dug underground until they detected the scent of blood.
• The two followed the scent to the Netherworld Blood Sea and discussed trying to recruit Ancestor Minghe for the tribulation.
• Ye Xuan reflected on the Blood Sea’s origins and Ancestor Minghe’s power and reputation for surviving.
• The Blood Sea surged as its inhabitants noticed the visitors, and Ancestor Minghe appeared before Ye Xuan and Kong Xuan.

Ye Xuan, posing as Wuming, told Ancestor Minghe that the Human Emperor had sent him to offer a fortuitous opportunity and challenged Minghe’s dissatisfaction with his place in the Netherworld Blood River. He claimed the opportunity was a chance to become a Saint, but Minghe rejected the offer as an obvious bluff.

• Ancestor Minghe sensed Ye Xuan and Kong Xuan enter the Netherworld Blood River and confronted them.
• Ye Xuan introduced himself as Wuming, named Kong Xuan as another Human Clan protector, and said they had come on the Human Emperor’s orders.
• Ye Xuan provoked Minghe by asking whether he was content to remain idle while the Saints and their disciples advanced.
• Minghe’s anger made the Netherworld Blood River boil, and many Ashura Clan experts appeared before he ordered them to leave.
• Ye Xuan offered Minghe a chance to become a Saint, and Minghe sneered that the seven opportunities had already been taken.

Ye Xuan offered Ancestor Minghe the Primordial Violet Qi fused with Human Clan fortune in exchange for protecting the Human Emperor during the coming Investiture of the Gods tribulation. Minghe was tempted by the promised chance to become a Sage and asked what the Human Emperor wanted; Ye Xuan explained the bargain, leaving Minghe to consider it.

• Ye Xuan told Ancestor Minghe that the Primordial Violet Qi within Human Clan fortune could provide an opportunity to become a Sage.
• Ye Xuan claimed the Human Emperor could extract the violet Qi, and described how the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors had used it to break the Heavenly Dao's shackles.
• Ancestor Minghe weighed Ye Xuan's offer, suspecting complications but becoming increasingly interested in the promised violet Qi.
• Ancestor Minghe asked Ye Xuan to state the Human Emperor's conditions.
• Ye Xuan asked Ancestor Minghe to help the Human Emperor if danger arose during the Investiture of the Gods tribulation, promising him the violet Qi whether the effort succeeded or failed.

Ye Xuan tried to persuade Ancestor Minghe to join the coming tribulation, arguing that the Human Emperor had enough support to protect him and a path toward greater power. Ancestor Minghe remained wary of the Saints but was stunned to hear the Human Emperor could become a Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal.

• Ancestor Minghe suspected the Human Emperor was using Primordial Violet Qi to lure him into a deadly tribulation and endanger the Ashura Clan.
• Ye Xuan mocked Ancestor Minghe for clinging to life and called the Netherworld Blood River a stinking ditch, provoking the Ashura Clan and drawing Kong Xuan's laughter.
• Ye Xuan argued that Saint Tongtian and likely Empress Nuwa would support the Human Emperor, while Chaoge could withstand Yuqing Yuanshi Tianzun.
• Ye Xuan claimed the Human Emperor had found a way to break the Heavenly Dao's shackles, retrieve the Nine Cauldrons, and become a Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal.
• Ancestor Minghe was shocked by Ye Xuan's claim and asked whether it was true.

Ye Xuan urged Ancestor Minghe to join the Human Emperor, but Minghe challenged him instead. Kong Xuan intervened and fought Minghe in a fierce contest of blade and sword, with neither gaining the upper hand as the battle continued.

• Ye Xuan told Ancestor Minghe about the path to becoming a Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal and urged him to follow the Human Emperor.
• Ancestor Minghe took offense at Ye Xuan's insults and attacked him with Sword Qi.
• Kong Xuan blocked Minghe's attack with his Green Dragon Crescent Blade and accepted Minghe's challenge.
• Kong Xuan and Minghe traded blows, stirring the Netherworld Blood Sea while the Ashura Clan watched.
• Minghe unleashed Surging Waves Blood Sea Slash, but Kong Xuan split the Sword Qi blood sea with a powerful strike.
• Minghe blocked Kong Xuan's next blade attack with an X-shaped surge of Sword Qi.

Kong Xuan and Ancestor Minghe fought using only saber and sword, earning each other’s respect before unleashing their most powerful techniques. Kong Xuan charged straight at Ancestor Minghe’s enormous Blood River Sun, and the outcome remained unresolved.

• Ancestor Minghe and Kong Xuan battled with saber and sword alone, trading the advantage until neither could defeat the other.
• Ancestor Minghe launched Blood River One-Line Kill, but Kong Xuan blocked it with the Cold Radiance Saw.
• Ancestor Minghe praised Kong Xuan as the foremost saber master in the Primordial World, and the two introduced their weapons to each other.
• Ancestor Minghe unleashed Great Sun Firmament Slash, forming a vast blood-colored sun with the Yuantu Abi Twin Swords.
• Kong Xuan gripped the Cold Radiance Saw with both hands and soared toward the blood-colored sun as Ye Xuan watched in astonishment.